Off The Record...

Def Leppard

Euphoria

The quintessential 80’s band is back, with an album right in the vein of their mega-selling efforts, Pyromania and Hysteria.  With worldwide sales of 45 million albums, Def Leppard has no need to follow any trends.  They have a proven and true formula that their fans embrace, and the reunion with producer Mutt Lange has created a forward moving album with a sound that is surprisingly familiar.  Check out the hot new single, Promises.

At The Movies...

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Hold on to your bits and pieces, baby, the swinging '60s superspy with the license to shag returns in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.  Mike Myers' International Man of Mystery once again matches wits with that nefarious baldy, Dr. Evil, who hatches a dastardly scheme to steal his mojo. But don't worry, Austin still gets to romance a new bird, CIA operative Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham).  Campy and hilarious, exactly what fans would want and expect.  

On Video...

Enemy Of The State

A successful attorney unwittingly comes into possession of filmed evidence that implicates a National Security Agency official in the slaying of a Congressman, and is thrown into a terrible high-tech game of cat and mouse, with his life at stake. Will Smith is the upright citizen who becomes the target of electronic surveillance ranging from micro-miniature bugs planted on his body to satellite spying, Gene Hackman stars as his paranoid, tech-savvy savior.  A fast-paced action-thriller. 

The Buzz...

When Hercules: the Legendary Journeys leaves TV next year, it will be replaced by a set of two new shows dubbed the Back 2 Back Action Hour.  They will be called Cleopatra 2525 and Jack of All Trades.

Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit, will do a new series of adaptations of classic Brothers Grimm fantasy tales, beginning with Princess and the Frog.

McFarlane Toys will produce figures for Tim Burton's upcoming movie The Headless Horseman, including Icabod Crane, Crone and Hessian Soldier as well as a boxed set.

Gina Gershon may be on tap for an as-yet-unnamed role in the upcoming X-Men movie which will boast a $65 million budget.

The B-52's may soon come to life in their own animated TV series.  The band has inked a deal to develop a series envisioned as a cross between the live-action camp of the 1960s Batman series and the '70s cartoon Josie & the Pussycats.

Norman Lear (All in the Family) is considering using former teen sensation Debbie Gibson in a Laverne & Shirley style sitcom.

Plans are underway to launch a cartoon series featuring animated version of sluggers like Sammy Sosa and Cal Ripken Jr. The series revolves around a bunch of baseball-playin' kids who run into different big-league players in each episode.

Amazon.com, the largest online music retailer, began offering digital song files that can be downloaded free of charge from its Web site Tuesday in a bid to boost CD sales.

Dennis Rodman signed with World Championship Wrestling to make at least five appearances this summer.

Nickelodeon's first original Saturday morning show will compete head-to-head with the hottest children's series on television, the WB's Pokemon.  Nickelodeon will premiere the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants on July 17.

Action figures based on the Sony Playstation game Final Fantasy VIII should hit American shores this fall. Palisades Marketing will represent Kotobukiya in the sale of action figures, vinyl figures and polyresin statues.

Director John Landis is ironing out the details to produce a horror anthology film for New Line Cinema. The project is tentatively entitled Really Scary and will include four segments by four filmmakers.

Keanu Reeves will be involved in the upcoming Lord of the Rings movie, the actor reportedly told an attendee of a recent Dogstar concert in Cleveland.

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